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Berkshire GY 286

Berkshire built 24/03/1936 by Smith’s Dock Middlesborough for Berkshire Fishing Company
10/1939 Requisitioned and converted to A/S joining the 23rd A/S Group
04/1940 sold to Shire Trawlers and took part in the Norwegian Campaign April to May
11/1945 Returned to owners
12/1945 she was sold to Glasgow Owners
02/1946 she was Renamed Clydeglen
04/1946 she went to Hull and was Renamed Conan Doyle H139
04/1946 Sold to Hudson Bros trawlers Ltd Hull and renamed Cape Conway registered as H 271 
1948 Renamed Howard 

Seen here as Howard H 271

Her details are

  • Official Number 164406
  • Yard Number 997
  • Admiralty Number FY 183
  • GT 466 NT 168
  • Dimensions 164.1 x 27.1 x 14.3
  • Quarter Deck 85′ Foc’sle 30′
  • Engines 99 HP

Scrapped 1958